Title

Hoe, heaven, and hell : my boyhood in rural New Mexico / Nasario García ; foreword by Marc Simmons.

Author

García, Nasario.

Publication

• Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
• ©2015

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Details

Description

xv, 3 unnumbered pages, 340 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Biographies
• Autobiographies
• Biography
• Autobiography
• New Mexico > Biography
• García, Nasario > Childhood and youth

Genre/Form

• Autobiography.
• Biography
• Autobiographies
• Biographies
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

My placita: setting the stage -- A broken window -- Respect, obedience, and morality -- The venerable kitchen -- Witchcraft, beliefs, and superstitions -- Dad: master kite builder -- Spring house cleaning -- Wash day meant pinto beans -- A fleet of flatirons -- Cleanliness: a sense of character -- Gold in lead barrels -- A trip to the Monte -- Wedding bells and the whole shebang -- May I sharpen my pencil? -- La Mantanza: a festive occasion -- A diaper, sliced potatoes, and vinegar -- It's posole time! -- From cleaning ditches to planting crops -- Sunbonnets, straw hats, and praying for rain -- Lent and Holy Week -- The three Cs: catechism, confusion, and communion -- Cattle roundups and camaraderie -- Fiestas, food, and fun -- Harvest time and field mice -- Canning time -- Polite Politicians -- Humor comes in a variety of ways -- Freedom: a priceless commodity -- From cradle to grave -- Hoe, heaven, and hell -- One final glimpse.

ISBN

• 9780826355652 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 082635565X (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780826355669 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2014021675

OCLC

889666417

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library